Necktie rack



July 3, 1928. 1,675,922

l 1. E. BUR-1' NEKTIE RACK Filed Jan. 11, 1927 Patented 3, 192.8.` Q

UNITED STATES ISAAC E. BUBT, F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

NECKTIE RACK.

. Application led January 11, 132'?.` Serial No... 160,393.

My invention relates to necktie racks, and an object is to provide a device which may be attached to the wall or otherwise suspended l so that a plurality of neckties may be heldl thereby in overlapping arrangement but` \together latwise to with a suiiicient portion of each tie exposed so that any desired one may be readily selected. Another object `is to provide a device of `this character which grips theq ties with suilicientgrmness so that they may readily packed'in such manner that the ties will be held in orderly arrangement. Another object is to provide a device of this character which can be readily stamped out of sheet metal and quickly assembled in such manner that the parts will be firmly held together.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with 2@ the detailed descriptionpgthereof, and the novel features of my inventive idea will be particularly pointed out in the claims.. l

in the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my -iii- Fig. 1 is a front elevationalview of the device with av few neckties heldy thereby. Fig'. 2 is a side elevational View of the device. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view on an enlarged scale showing the two casing members detached from eachother. Fig. i is a fragmentary view in section on the line i-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view in section on the linee-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view in section on the line 6 6 of Fi et.

' shown .inthe drawings, I provide a front casing member 10 anda rear casing .1-

member 122 these two members being adapted to telescopically engage each other. As will loe understood frorn-` igs. 3 and 5, the side rianges of the front member are provided with a series of notches 14 and the side aiiges of the rear member are provided with a corresponding number of registering notches 16 which terminate in longitudinal slots 18. In order to hold the neckties, I provide a plurality of Yrear cross arms 2O and a corresponding number of front cross arms 22. The rear arms 20 haveforwardly bent ends 24.- and rearwardly bulged portions 26, each arm; having two of these bulged portions spaced from each other'a little more than the width of the casing. The front arms 22 are shorter than the rear arms 20 and have forwardly bulged portions 28 which are located at the same distance from the middle of the arm as the portions 26 are from the middle of the rear arm. A rear and a front arm are placed p constitute a pair. In assembling the device the arms are placed together in pairs and slid edgewise through the notches 16 and then turned flatwise in the slots 18. The bulgedportions 26 and 28 serve to prevent the arms from sliding laterally with relation to the casing. rlhe front and rear casing members are also providedwith notches 30 and 32 respectively near their upper ends for receiving a ring 3a byy means of which the device may be suspended. When the ring 3A and the pairs of armshave been properly located in the rear casing member l2, the front casing member -l0 is telescoped thereover. Small portions Q6 are struck inwardly from the side fianges of the rear member 12 while small portions 38 are struck inwardly from the side flanges of the front member 10 so that when the two members are tted together, these portions snap together in obvious manner and hold the parts rmly assembled.

The operation and advantages of my inventionwill be readily understood in conn nection with'the foregoing description. in order to place the ties T on the rack, they are doubled in the middle and slipped over the rear cross arms as will be understood .from Figs. 1 and 5. The cross arms are made of resilient material and hence the ties will be clamped between the pairs of arms while the bent end portions 24 prevent the ties from accidentally slipping oii. The device either fully or partly loaded with ties may be placed fiat for packing purposes and the ties will be kept in orderly arrangement. If the ties become disarranged when lying iat, they will straighten out into orderly arrangement when the device is picked up or hung up by the bail.

I claim:

1. A necktie rack comprising a front casing member having a plurality of notches, a rear casing member having a plurality of corresponding notches terminating-in longitudinal slots, and pairs of necktie supporting arms held in said notches and slots when said casing members are telescoped with each other.

2. A necktie rack comprising front and rear casing members having a plurality of registerin notches `and telescopically en registering notches and telescopically engaged wit each other, and pairs of resilient gaged with each other, and pairs of necki0 necktie supporting arms held in sind notches, tie supporting arms held in said notches,` the rear arms being longer than the front said arms having bulged portions located atb 5 arms and terminating in forwardly bent the sides of said members.

ends. l Y In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 3. A necktie rack comprising front and signature.`

rear casing members having a lplurality of ISAAC E. BURT. 

